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Call for Submissions: Beyond Masculinity
By Jay | January 10, 2007
1. SEEKING ESSAY SUBMISSIONS BY QUEER MEN ON GENDER AND POLITICS
BEYOND MASCULINITY:
Essays by Queer Men on Gender and Politics
http://www.beyondmasculinity.com
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men’s gender identities often exist
somewhere outside the traditional categories of “masculine” and
“feminine.” Sissies, drag queens, and leather daddies alike play with
gender in a way that cannot be accounted for in traditional understandings
of maleness. This collection — part blog, part anthology, part audiobook
– aims to shatter traditional understandings of maleness and point
towards a new understanding of how queerness and gender intersect.
***DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MARCH 31, 2007***
BEYOND MASCULINITY is looking for contributions in four areas.
Contributors should not feel bound by these categories - they should
rather be seen as potential prompts:
I. Intersections of Identity: How do race, ability, class, and other
kinds of identities and experiences intersect with gender and queerness –
and how do these intersections complicate our relationship to traditional
understandings of “maleness?”
II. Feminism / Gender / Politics: How can feminism inform our
understanding of queer male gender? Can queer men be feminists? How can we
use our queerness as a political tool? What does male privilege look like
for queer men?
III. Bodies, Desire, and Pleasure: What kinds of male bodies are
desired? Fetishized? Where does sexual desire intersect with queer gender
and how are these politics mapped out on our bodies?
IV. Queer Male Communities: How are our identities produced through our
communities? How do the gender norms and politics of gay/bi/trans/queer
male communities both liberate and constrain us?
We’re looking for queer male writers to step up and contribute their
thoughts to this online project. We’re looking for personal / political
essays. No academic papers, fiction, or poetry will be accepted. ***This
is not your typical bookstore anthology.*** It will be only available
online - and it will be completely free of charge to the public. With its
unique implementation of media, this anthology aims to change the way
queer non-fiction is done.
About the Editor: Trevor Hoppe is a Masters of Arts Student in Human
Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University. He has a long history
of LGBTQ campus organizing as an undergraduate student at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he helped found the GLBT-Straight
Alliance. While at UNC, he also helped found the Southeastern Unity
Conference, which was focused on investigating the intersections of
queerness with other kinds of identities. His essays and editorials have
been published in several publications, including The Advocate, Boston’s
Bay Windows, San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter, The East Bay Alternative,
and American Sexuality Magazine.
For more information on the project or to submit your work, please see our
website: http://www.beyondmasculinity.com. Questions? Contact Editor
Trevor Hoppe at editor@beyondmasculinity.com.
Topics: Masculinity |
